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La Bretana Mine

Past Producer in Tamaulipas, Mexico with commodities Iron, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10111482
MRDS ID MX25023
Record type Site
Current site name La Bretana Mine
Related records 10158508

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -99.08644, 24.66569 (WGS84)
Elevation 700
Relative position 16 KM N50E OF SAN LAZARO

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pima(county)

Arizona(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Mexico Tamaulipas

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Garnetization In Diorite Porphyry, Recrystallized Limestone, Diabase Dike Unaltered Except For Much Secondary Calcite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 59
USGS model code 18b
Deposit model name Skarn Cu
Mark3 model number 8

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -99.08644, 24.66569
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LITTLE MINERALIZATION IN LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name San Jose

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BASTIN, E.S., 1937, ORE DEPOSITS OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, IN KELLUM, L.B., ED., THE GEOLOGY AND BIOLOGY OF THE SAN CARLOS MOUNTAINS, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: ANN ARBOR, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN PRESS, P. 159-206.

  • Deposit

    KEMP, J.F., 1906, THE COPPER DEPOSITS AT SAN JOSE, TAMAULIPAS, MEXICO: AIME TRANS., V. 36, P. 178-203.

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1992 Carbonaro, Marguerite M. (Long, Keith R.) U.S. Geological Survey

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